Water-escape or scupper.



G. W. SCHDDE.

WATER, ESCAPE 0B. SCUPPER.

APPLIoAToN FILED MAY 24, 1913.

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@iig mi@ GEORGE W. SGHODDE, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y YORK WATER-ESCAPApplication led May 24,

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 1 8. 1 5P I 1i. 1913. serial. No. 769,549.

To lll whom If may concern Be it known that I, Geenen XV. Sor-looms, acitizen of the United St'ates,.and resident of New York city, borough ofManhattan, in the county of New York` and State of New York, haveinvented eertain new andY useful Improvements in Tater-Escapes orScuppers, of which the following` is a specification. 'K

In installing Wateueseapes or seuppors 1n the walls of buildingn` whenthe latter are being erected, there is danger that the mortar, plasterand the like will-fall upon the outer enls`of the seuppers and interferewith the proper working of the, water delivery valves, and it is theobject, ot' my invention to provide an improved water-eseape or seupperhavingr means to prevent injury to or clogging ol the escape valve, fromthe causes stated, and to improve the general constrl'letion of suchdeviee, whereby rehe tively large volumes ot water may be auto.AInatically delivered therethrough trom the room with expedition.

In Carrying out. in v invention l provide a Water-eseape or :u| percomprising a hot 10W Casing ada :ted to be titled in the wall of thebuilding with its inner end adjarent t0 the floor of a room, andprovided with a valve at or adjacent to the, outlet end pi\fot allysupported aty its upper part to beopened by the tlow oli water throughthe deviee,

With a hood secured over the hinge. ot` the" valve and above the latterto pretee-t the sante from falling obieets und the elena-nts. In myimproved l'orm olI \vater-ese:d e or seupper l provide the inner endthereot' with itinl face adapted to be flush with the inner wall ol' abuilding1 and with ther-bot tom of the deviee inetined with respedt' tosuch t'aee, so that when set in the wall ot the building there will be aeonsiderable out'' Ward inclination to eause, the. i'ree low ot' Vatertheret'rom, while at the same time the inner i'aee, ot the easing willbe flush with the wall or surbase ol' the building so as not tointerl'ere with the use ot the room.

Further details ol my invention will be hereinafter set; forth and thenpointed out in the Claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof,wherein, Figure 1 is a partly broken plan vien7 of a water-eseape 0rscupper embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2, 2,

in Fig. l, showing the water-escape or seapper in position in the wallol1 a building: Fig. 3 is an end view disclosing the valve and its hood,and Fig. t is` a view looking from the lel't in Fig.

My improved water-eseape or seupper comprises a hollow eaning 1 of.su-,itahle dimensions, whieh may be oli metal or eon- Crete` atl theouter or water deliverv end otl whieh is located a valve 2, shown pivotily supported at its upper end to rest at the outer end oll the casing.Said valve is shown provided with earnil pivotally supported by pin 4-upon ears ."3 upon the easing, and the valve is shown resting` upon theend edges oi' the easing, the bottom wall ot whieh extends; beyond itsIupper wall, whereby the valve is maintained in a position ineliningoutwardly and downwardly respecting the wall G olI the lniilding. At 7is a hood titled upon easing 1 and extending outwardly there trom aboveand over valve 3, said hood thereinr extending beyond the wall G of thegbmldmg, and being shown provided with beneath said hood.

The top of hood 7 is shown 'ijnftlined downwardly on opposite .somewhatin* the nature of'aportion of a pvramid or peaked roof, having atendency l to shed the wat-e' as well as lnortar or the like thaty maydrop upon the saine when the I iiuilding is being erected.

'lhe inner portion of easing 1 is Shown tlaring inwardly toward theinner part ot the. buihling, and the inner end thereof opens into thelroo'ni through wall t3. At the inner end of the easing is a protectingplate, shown in the form ot a screen or grid 10, fitted against theinner edges` of the easing and shown secured thereto by a bolt or s ,reW.ll passing through said screen or grid and entering a lug 12 on theupper part of the easing. The inner edges et casing l are shown disposedin an angular direction to the bottom and top Walls of the casing, sothat the Screen or grid l0 may tvagainst said angular edges in avert-ical position along the inner face of the Wall, lwhereby ment beingsneh that valve 2 is free to lift;-

sides in several directions from the peak 7,

the casing may be inclined-downwardly and outwardly in the wall, as inFig.Y 2.

ln installino` my improved water escape or scupper in t 1e wall of abuilding the wall is .shaped with a downwardly inclined part GH uponwhich the water-escape or scupper is rested, the screen or grid 10 beingfitted along the inner face of the wall, so that the upper surface ofthe bottom of the waterescape and the lower edges of the openingsl inthe screen or grid will come substantially 'A ter is being built, andprotect. the valve and its hinge from cement, mortar and the like thatis liable to drop, since the latter would fall upon the hood and n otaccumulate upon the valve and hinge, andv thereby the valve is left'free to be opened automatically by water flowing through the casingfrom the room. This Vovercomes the ditliculty found in installing this`class of devices in build ings where the workmen allow cement and thelike to drop upon the valve and its hinge of such devices, and do notremove the same,

. thereby preventing the free use of the valve.

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The hood also protects the valve hinge from the .elements and keeps itin good working condition. By having the inner portion ot the easingflaring toward the room and leading' thri'iugh the Wall at the tloor, arelatively large amount of water may be accumulated to pass into theneck or outer portion ot' the casing to have the etlcct of increasingthe volume of water against the valve to cause its free and readythereby tending to assist the tree [low of water from the floor of thebuilding.

Whilel l have set forth the hood 7 as secured to the easing and the wallbuilt over the inner portion of said hood, it will be understood thatthe hood may be built directly into the wall without regard -to beingfastened to said caSinO.

Having now described my invention what I claim is l. 'A water-escapecomprising a hollow casing having a valve at one end thereof andprovided withl a hood overlying the valve to protect Vthe saine frommatter dropping from above.

s. A water-escape comprising a casing 'ot New York, and State of NewYork,

having a valve at its outer end hinged upon the casing at the upperportion. ot the valve, said casing having a hood above the hinge andprojecting outwardly thereover.

3. A water-escape comprising a hollow casing having a valve atone endthereof and provided with a hood overlyin the valve to protect the samefrom matter lropping from above, said hood. having an upper surfaceinclining downwardly and outwardly.

4. A water-escape comprising a hollow casing'having a valve at one endthereqf' and provided with a hood overlying the valve to protect thesame from matter dropping from .above,rsaid hood having an up persurface inelining downwardly and outwardly from a central point'. inopposite directions.

5. A water-escape comprising a casing having a valve hinged at the outerend thereo't, and a hood'above the hinge extending outwardly over thesame and having Side webs inclosing the hinge.

6. A water-escape comprising a easing having ak valve hinged at theouter end thereof, and a screen at its inner end, the bottom of theeasing extending at an angle to the plane of said screen.

7. A water-escape comprising a hollow easing having a flaring innerportion and a reduced outer portion communicating therewith, a valvehinged to the casing at the outer end of its reduced portion, and ascreen at the inner end of the flaring portion. Y d v. p

8. The combination of a wall, with aV water escape comprising a hollowcasing fitted within and opening through opposite sides of the wall,said casing having a valve hinged at the outer end, and a hood locatedover said hinge to protect the same from matter dropping from above. Y

9. The combination of a wall Aand a floor adjacent thereto, with a'waterescape comprising a hollow casing fitted within and. opening at one endthrough the outer face of said wall, said yeasing having a valve hingedat the outer end, the inner end of said casing opening through the innerface of said Wall, and th' bottom at the inner end of said casing beingsubstantially on'a level with said floor, and a hood located over saidhinge to protect the same from matter dropping from above.

Signed at New York city, in the county this 8th day of May D. 1913.

GEORGE W. SCHODDE.

"Vitnesses:

Manin F. WAlNivmoirr, T. F. Bomann.

